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Terius Gray is better known by his stage name, Juvenile, and is an American hip-hop rapper from New Orleans, Lousiana.

Born on 25 March 1975, Juvenile first started rapping in the early 1990s. After signing with Warlock records in 1995, he released his debut album entitled “Being Myself.” Unfortunately, the album did not gain much national attention and did not chart, but did fairly well on a local level. However, it did bring more attention to labels, and as a result, Juvenile signed to Cash Money Records and released “Solja Rags” in 1997. Although the album saw some national success having made it onto the Billboard Hot R&B/ Hip-Hop Songs Chart, it saw most of its success with local rap audiences. Also in 1997, Juvenile joined the Hot Boys with fellow Cash Money rappers B.G., Turk, and Lil Wayne and together they released their debut album “Get It How U Live!”

Juvenile released his third solo album entitled “400 Degreez” in 1998 and it became his breakout album, having had the opportunity for a bigger market due to Cash Money Records gaining a joint distribution with Universal Records. Keeping up with the success of “400 Degreez,” he released “Tha G-Code” in 1999 and “Project English “ in 2001, both of which ended up becoming double certified platinum.

In 2005 Juvenile signed a new deal with Atlantic Records and released “Reality Check” in 2006. The album, which had debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, went on to become certified gold. By 2012 Juvenile released his tenth album, “Rejuvenation” which featured the single "Power" featuring Rick Ross. Juvenile collaborated with Lil Wayne, DJ Khaled, and Drake.

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I was head bumping in my baby crib, listening to Juvenile now i'm body popping to Juvenile 15+ years later! Good music is timeless and with Juvenile never has a statement held so much truth. Terius Grey also known as Juvenile is perhaps one of the most underrated rappers, but with performances like this! that's soon to change. The 'back that ass up' rapper, inspires such wildness within the audience, Rock has mosh pits, rap has crumping and that was the result when he performed his 2014 song 'Live Wire'. As the familiar Southern beat dropped, people were shaking so much I thought their souls were gonna leave their bodies there and then! This energy is hard to come by from a single song and when 'Back That Ass Up' came on, left right and center all I could see for miles on end was twerking, trying to keep up with such motion resulted in nothing less than your head bobbling up and down like the dog from the Churchill adverts Juveniles hype man prepared the audience, as if a scene out of a movie were being filmed, warming up the crowd and competing with the screaming girls as Juvenile strolled on with a bottle of alcohol that looked like it cost more than my entire existence, and that is what people love about Juvenile, he's just so calm, cool and relaxed. Even if you're not a fan, attend one of his performances, within twenty seconds of the first song, your opinion will change! If not then I PERSONALLY will teach you how to twerk.

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Rapper/songwriter Terius Gray, aka Juvenile has been recording raps since the age of 19, and released his debut album way back in 1995. I’ve been following his music ever since, and hearing the maturing process and the music progress over the years has been wonderful. He encountered troubles in early 2000s where he had several run-ins with the law which unfortunately have continued over the last decade, but he has luckily ben able to keep producing his fantastic music regardless.

Hearing him perform live was incredible. He opened the show with Back that Thang Up, which everyone knew and was singing along to. He came down off of the stage and started dancing with everyone, Although the bouncers made sure we couldn’t get too close, it was great that he was actually interested in being down in the audience with his fans. He played through his new album The Fundamentals, and absolutely smashes it. He taught us as the audience little sections of the rap and got up to sing back to him, which was really cool. The show was nearly 2 hours long, and he maintained his energy and enthusiasm throughout which was great. He put on a wonderful performance I’d definitely watch again.

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It is pretty impressive to now reflect that Louisiana rapper Juvenile, real name Terius Gray released his debut album 'Being Myself' at the age of 19. The record was a major release on the hip-hop scene of the 90's and although his commerciality has faded in recent years, the demand for his live show is ever present. The crowd's cheers are deafening before the rapper makes his appearance with hands raised clapping to the reaction.

Beginning with a huge blast from the past, the heavy baseline of '400 Degreez' gets the crowd moving instantly and jumping on that recognisable chorus. He runs through a selection of what he considers his best material and majority is well known from the crowd, especially the couple of tracks lifted from his only Billboard #1 'Reality Check'. It is the older material that goes over best, tracks such as 'U Understand' bringing the whole room together in mass singalong during the recognisable chorus. It is of course 'Back That Azz Up' that is saved for an encore in order to really push energy levels to new highs and end on a dose of 90's nostalgia.

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Though Juvenile wasn't the headliner for this particular show, I've seen him as headliner before. His energy is always great, he keeps the crowd engaged and having fun, and he's on time. He does just enough to make it feel like a live show (vs listening to his hits on the radio), without it feeling too overdone. Awesome show!

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Horrible show. Juvenile didn't show up and canceled last minute. No refunds or alternate dates offered or proposed. Security actually started to cwork me by and throw everyone out and told us to take it up with the venue.

Huge disappointment by an artist who is becoming less and less relevant.

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Juvenile I'm from bay area and I was at the show in the bay last night and you was always do your thang.. I was upset that you was the first to cone out always legendary I was expecting you to come out out close to the end but the show was dope AF... You,Boosie and the homie mozzy kill it...

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Juvenile never showed up. Mannie Fresh was there for like an hr, he did a great set but over disappointing. Great venue, great crowd but definitely not worth what I spent for the artist I wanted to see not to show up.

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Man o man my first time seeing him live, the man is simple bad. He deserved all the hype and the props. I am truely a juvi fan now, i just loved his off the domb stuff. I had a blasted.

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This was the word show ever. Juvenile nor Trina showed up for the concert. I am looking into getting my money back. It was not what was advertised and I am upset about this event.

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LOS ANGELES , June 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Turning the heat all the way up this year, multiplatinum rap icon  Juvenile  proudly presents 400 Degreez – 25 TH Anniversary Edition on November 3, 2023 via UMe . He will celebrate his magnum opus and one of the most important Southern rap albums in history with this special release.

25 years ago, 400 Degreez left a scorching and indelible imprint on the culture upon arrival back on November 3, 1998 . It holds the distinction of becoming "the best-selling album in Cash Money Records history" and reaching 4x-platinum status. The ubiquitous "Back That Azz Up" has also impressively endured as a generational bounce anthem, popping up in tracks by modern superstars.

Among many accolades, The Ringer  crowned 400 Degreez one of the "20 Best Southern Rap Albums Ever , " and it achieved a coveted 9.4 grade from Pitchfork  who observed, "It 's an album about what it's like to be baptized in fire and the ways you need to be resourceful in order to survive—not to escape Hollywood shootouts, but to grit your teeth and keep creditors off your back, to keep from getting carjacked by kids who are bored and lashing out." 

Speaking to its resounding impact, the LP has generated nearly half-a-billion total streams and counting.

To celebrate its arrival, his fan-demanded NPR "Tiny Desk" concert also just premiered today. Watch it HERE . Initially, his Twitter followers urged his performance on the program, and he hilariously responded, "Wtf is a tiny desk" on April 10 . The next day, he promised, "All Things Considered, 10k retweets, and I will RECONSIDER doing @NPR Tiny Desk . " His mentions lit up, and he found himself in Washington, D.C. at NPR headquarters delivering an epic performance earlier this month. For "Tiny Desk , " his once-in-a-lifetime band and New Orleans natives comprised of longtime producer and 400 Degreez collaborator Mannie Fresh , 5x-GRAMMY® Award winning  Jon Batiste , and GRAMMY® Award-winning trombonist-singer Troy Andrews a.k.a. Trombone Shorty .

They bring classics from 400 Degreez to life like never before.

After more than two decades, it's still the soundtrack to the summer.

Juvenile  joined forces with Birdman for the 2019 collaborative album,  J.A.G. The latter generated over 20 million total streams and views across platforms and incited unanimous critical applause.  Pitchfork  christened it  "a shockingly strong late-career reunion record , "  and  Billboard  summed it up best as  "a beginning of a new chapter"  and praised Juvenile,  "He sounds revitalized . "

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Simply put, hip-hop might not be the same without Juvenile . Over nearly three decades, the multiplatinum record-breaking New Orleans icon served up a string of classic albums, influenced two generations of stars, and pioneered a sound rooted in Louisiana bounce, yet carried by worldwide rap appeal and ambition. After his Cash Money Records debut Solja Rags , he crafted an era-defining opus in the form of 400 Degreez . Not only did it go quadruple-platinum, but it also became "the best-selling album in Cash Money Records history . " It produced staples such as the title track, "Ha" (which JAY-Z notably remixed), and "Back That Azz Up . " The latter would be sampled by everyone from Drake to City Girls . The Ringer lauded 400 Degreez among the "20 Best Southern Rap Albums Ever" behind only UGK 's Ridin' Dirty and OutKast 's Aquemini . Pitchfork bestowed a rare 9.4-out-of-10 rating upon the record, and Kendrick Lamar cited it as one of his "Favorite Albums" in Complex and went so far as to claim, "They had the West Coast on smash. We definitely tried to be like them . " Juvenile comprised The Hot Boys alongside Lil Wayne , B.G. , and Turk . They smashed charts with the Get It How U Live!  [1997] and the platinum Guerilla Warfare [1999]. His next solo offering, Tha G-Code , went double-platinum followed by the platinum Project English . Meanwhile, 2003's Juve The Great emerged as another unsung platinum classic as "Slow Motion" [feat. Soulja Slim ] topped the Billboard Hot 100 at #1 for two weeks. He maintained a prolific pace in the ensuing years and collaborated with everyone from Future to Yo Gotti before reuniting with Cash Money Records .

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By Paul A. Thompson

July 15, 2018

There’s a title card, but within seconds, the setting is unmistakable:

You see the rows of buildings stretching out toward the horizon, seemingly vacant and endless. A hard cut and suddenly, the frame fills with action: Juvenile in the foreground, perched over a puddle, a sea of Magnolia residents waving their arms behind him, hanging from balconies, poking curious heads out of windows. That’s you with that big-body Benz, ha?

You see Juve shirtless, shimmering with sweat; he’s grimacing in front of convertibles; he’s showing off his gold fronts in jarring close-up; he’s rapping animatedly—skinnier than you expect, all elbows and sharp angles—in front of a mural bearing the projects’ official name, C.J. Peete; he’s dancing around a porch while the family that lives there sits motionless; he’s mugging in a hallway next to Baby and Mannie Fresh ; he’s shadowboxing.

The rest of Magnolia pops to life, either in eerily real tracking shots or in static frames that might as well be portraits. Kids jump on cast-off mattresses. Women in church clothes pose soberly—so do EMTs, with arms crossed in front of their ambulance. Magnolians get chased and cuffed and clutched by their fathers. There are roller skaters and pickup basketball games. A man on crutches hobbles down a street lit only by that ambulance’s siren lights; a boy feeds a piece of deli meat to a dog; money is counted and blurs until the bills are indistinguishable.

This is “Ha,” one of the most singularly brilliant rap songs of the 1990s. It’s been interpolated by people who win Pulitzers and bitten by countless young rappers, either in their formative periods or when they fly a little too close to the sun. Its video , directed by Marc Klasfeld, is genuinely stunning—spare but stylized, high art from self-consciously low production budgets, a four-minute blueprint for the rap videos that would come after the massive budgets from the Hype Williams era evaporated. There are no yachts. The whole thing takes place in and around Magnolia, where Klasfeld and his team set up camp for three days. Juve claimed that “all the drug dealers shut down” to accommodate production.

Even today, “Ha” sounds like it’s from the future, except when it sounds like it’s from the lobby of your building. Juve is sly and sarcastic, writing in the second person, ribbing you about child-support payments and switching to Reeboks and finally figuring out how to use your triple-beam. Juve laughs and sneers and, occasionally, commiserates. It’s a writing exercise. It’s also the platonic ideal of a rap song: mean, minimal, funny, foreign. Mannie’s beat is a rattling, electronic taunt, and its coda, which could have easily anchored another hit song, is free and acrobatic and full of bounce.

But underneath the grit and grinning was a mission statement. “Ha” announced to America that Cash Money Records, a New Orleans label that had made a well-timed pivot to rap, would be taking over in the new millennium. Universal had agreed, in a historically lucrative deal , to throw its weight behind the smaller label, and Cash Money countered with Juve’s third record, 400 Degreez . It’s a masterpiece—swaggering but paranoid, pained but free. It’s the sweatiest, funkiest parts of New Orleans culture packaged for export, and it would go on to become one of the most consequential rap records of its era and the next.

Long before the Universal deal, Cash Money was a shoestring operation founded by a pair of brothers, Bryan and Ronald Williams. (You know Bryan as Baby or Birdman ; if you know Ronald, you know him as Slim.) At first, it was a label for bounce music, the tight, energetic genre built on bass and various chops of the “Dragnet” theme. And it’s impossible to talk about bounce and rap in New Orleans without talking, first, about Mannie Fresh. Byron Thomas was the son of a DJ who gave his son instruments and hardware before he knew what to do with them; when Byron heard Afrika Bambaataa ’s electro-futurist “ Planet Rock ,” the gear started to make sense. He adopted the name Mannie Fresh and embarked on a career DJing and producing that would make him one of the most acutely influential producers in the history of Southern music.

From his earliest drafts, Mannie’s beats were deliriously danceable; soon, they were also punishing. He was able to flit between bounce and rap (and marry the two), but as Cash Money moved fully into hip-hop, he became the chief architect of its sound. Musically, he was Cash Money. It was one of his beats for a U.N.L.V. song called “ Drag ’Em in the River ,” that first attracted the attention of a young rapper who had been going by the name Juvenile.

Juve was born Terius Grey in March of 1975 and spent much of his formative years in those Magnolia Projects in Uptown New Orleans. While he was still in his teens, Juve had a foot in the city’s rap and bounce music scenes. With basically no recorded music, he was playing a near-endless string of raucous live shows, marching from spot to spot, hole-in-the-wall bar to high school parking lot, rapping for anyone who would listen. It worked. According to Mannie, people in the city would know the lyrics to Juve’s songs before they were ever released, simply from seeing him tear down tiny venues over and over again; his debut single, a collaboration with DJ Jimi called “ Bounce for the Juvenile ,” was exhibit A.

Before Cash Money, Juve—on wax, at least—wasn’t the unmistakable presence he would become. But when he linked with Mannie, the evolution came rapidly. The pair had been orbiting one another for a while, but operating in slightly different circles. They finally, officially, met at a bus stop, where Mannie asked Juve to rap. He did: song after song after song. The contract came through almost immediately. By the end of 1997, Mannie had produced (and Cash Money had issued) two albums with Juvenile in a starring role, a solo record called Solja Rags and Get It How U Live!! , an album by the Hot Boys, Cash Money’s supergroup that paired Juve with B.G., Turk, and a young rapper named Lil Wayne . Juve had just turned 22 when that first Hot Boys album dropped, but he was the oldest member of the group—barely out of his adolescence but forced into a grizzled, world-weary role.

You could hear it in his voice. Starting on Solja Rags , Juve became one of the most distinctive rappers imaginable, his delivery evoking the blues but nimble enough to navigate whatever stuttering, gridless drums Mannie used to challenge him. When he was cursing Bill Clinton and Bob Dole , he sounded as if he could be 18 or 58, smirking on a porch somewhere.

By the beginning of ’98, Cash Money and its artists were accruing power throughout Louisiana and the rest of the South. The title track from Juve’s album had been a local hit. B.G.’s album sold 25,000 copies; the Hot Boys tripled that. In March, Baby and Slim signed that infamous distribution deal with Universal, the terms of which quickly took on the qualities of myth: a three-year contract with a $2 million advance annually, a $1.5 million credit on each of up to six albums each year, and an 80/20 profit split in favor of Cash Money. The deal had largely been centered on the Big Tymers—Mannie’s collaboration with Baby—but as soon as the ink was dry, Mannie insisted that Universal push Juvenile to the foreground.

Cash Money was then operating like a factory: Mannie would cook up beat after beat and hook after hook, and artists would be in various studio rooms writing, trying out ideas, with all efforts dedicated to whoever’s album was next on the docket. But as Juvenile became the label’s flagship artist, and as everyone’s focus turned to forging his new album, the process changed in two key ways. For one, the raps often came before the music. There are moments on 400 Degreez when Juve stops a verse at 14 bars or runs past the usual 16. Juve hadn’t learned, or wasn’t bothering to count out his bars; he would simply tell Mannie what and how he was going to rap, then let the producer build a beat around him. As Mannie recalled in 2014 , “ 400 Degreez was already wrote, I just had to put music to it.”

The second divergence from Mannie’s usual process is that, unlike the other rappers on the label, Juve would bring his own hooks to the songs rather than let them be mapped out by the producer. As specific and streetwise as he was, those years winning over NOLA crowds honed his sense for how to manipulate a room. That knack for pop makes the album jell; it lets him float through songs like “Ghetto Children” and stuff melodies into the verses on “Gone Ride With Me” and “Follow Me Now.” (The latter song, in particular, is an absolute joy; the way he opens with a syncopated “I want me a—mil/To see just how it—feel” throws your shoulders into motion immediately.) Juve had long been toying with these parts of his toolkit, but on 400 Degreez he grew into a different rapper entirely, one more in command of his skillset and with a more innate feel for where each song could take him, musically. On the intro, Mannie says this is the new record from “the dude that brung you ‘Put up your “Solja Rag,”’ referencing that lighter, thinner proto-“Ha” from the year before. But Juve wasn’t the same dude—he was a little older, a little better in tune with the bounce.

Which is good, because when Juve forgets to smile, 400 Degreez can turn incredibly grim. It’s an album about what it’s like to be baptized in fire and the ways you need to be resourceful in order to survive—not to escape Hollywood shootouts, but to grit your teeth and keep creditors off your back, to keep from getting carjacked by kids who are bored and lashing out. On “Ghetto Children,” Juve raps: “I got bills to pay/I can’t be playing with you jokers.” On “Run for It,” Wayne is itching to jump out of trees and attack his enemies, but Juve writes about how he’d rather see the violence on TV. He’s seen and done enough to know how scarring it’s all been but can’t sit back and reflect without worrying. On “Gone Ride With Me,” the goal isn’t a big-body Benz, it’s rent money.

That paranoia—about kids who are ready to knock him off, about cops, about acts of God—seeps into the album’s crevices. Juve’s songwriting is, at its resting state, playful, buoyant, full of asides and knowing advice; he is in control. So when things seem out of his grasp (see his opening verse on “Off Top”), the record becomes not just frantic, but desperate, even hopeless. This feeling comes only in brief spurts, but compared to the poise that Juve usually trafficks in, it rattles the calm. “Ha” aside, Juve is most captivating when he’s at his most urgent, like on the title track: “You see me? I eat, sleep, shit, and talk rap/You seen that ’98 Mercedes on TV? I bought that/I had some felony charges—I fought that/Been sent to no return but still was brought back.” And even on “Ha,” the chorus casts the song as something more existential: “You know what it is/To make nothing outta something.”

And sometimes the joy and id and Gothic fear all blur into one. Near the end of the sessions for 400 Degreez , Mannie and Juve got the idea to resurrect one of those songs that had been a reliable concert staple in New Orleans, but had never been properly recorded, one that Juve had been rapping to the “ Paid in Full ” loop. The title might not have been stylized yet, but it was the early skeleton of what would eventually become “Back That Azz Up.”

That skeleton nearly shared its name with DJ Jubilee’s Jackson 5-sampling hit from the same period in 2003, Jubilee would sue Juvenile, Cash Money, and Universal, and lose. But Mannie sensed that Juve’s version was the one. It just needed the right beat. “[I knew] if we put 808 drums under this with the bounce, we got the hood,” the producer told Complex in 2012. But “we got to get white America too, how do we do that?”

The answer was strings. In the video , two men emerge from the fog like specters, one in a wheelchair, both slinging violins. That’s the song’s slow, morbid intro, a call for bodies to report to the dancefloor not just from the bar or the booths, but from beyond the grave. The men disappear and are replaced by Juve, in a white tee, who leans toward the camera and fires one of the most famous warning shots in all of rap’s history: “Cash Money Records taking over for the nine-nine and the two-thousand.” Then the 808s.

That video became inescapable on MTV. It served, along with “Ha,” B.G.’s “ Bling Bling ,” Wayne’s “ Tha Block Is Hot ,” and the Hot Boys’ “ I Need a Hot Girl ,” as the takeover. Despite being a last-minute addition to the album, “Azz” in particular distilled the label’s vision into a single song. It’s a rave in a haunted mansion: the song’s bass (and baseness) warp and contort its ornate flourishes. It’s the maximalist endpoint of that bounce-rap fusion. Wayne’s ad-libs-on-steroids cameo earmarks him as an obvious future star. And Juvenile raps like getting his partner to bend over is a matter of life and death, which it very obviously is.

400 Degreez is too idiosyncratic to have sprung from the minds of anyone but Juve and Mannie, but they didn’t seal themselves off from the rest of Cash Money. Nearly half the album’s songs feature some combination of the Hot Boys. One of the more interesting payoffs of this is that you get to catch the other three members at various stages in their development: that “Run for It” verse is jarring for how clearly Wayne patterned his flow after Juve’s, but B.G., who wrestles the formless posse cut “U.P.T.” into his own hands, is already a practiced star.

The best group song—and the album’s single greatest moment outside of those tentpole singles—is the anxious, defiant, unbelievably goofy “Flossin’ Season.” B.G. flashes a watch that you can see from a block away; Wayne sounds fully formed for once. Two different men compare their stunting to Evel Knievel; you can practically hear Baby arguing with an auto-body shop about how many PlayStations can realistically fit inside a Hummer. But it’s the principals who make the song transcend. Mannie’s beat and the urgency in Juve’s voice give “Flossin’ Season” its relentless forward motion—the quality that makes a song about watches sound like a matter of family honor. When Juve can’t make it to the bar without being hit on, it seems like the “Odyssey”; Mannie brags, in order, that he has: a burgundy jet, cities named after him; a big dick, a million dollars, and a Nissan Pathfinder; a half a mil riding on the Lakers; a Lexus that comes out in two years (it’s parked by the projects) and a motorcycle that comes out in 12 (it has the Batman fins); and a ring that Liberace can’t afford. Come over here and give a millionaire a hug.

There are traces of Universal’s handwringing, and signs that the label’s priorities got crossed during production. Words like “homicide” and “pistol” are occasionally censored, but they left in embarrassing errors: in the liner notes and on the CD itself, Mannie Fresh is credited as “Manny” Fresh. Fortunately, as on previous Cash Money releases, the art was handled by the legendarily gaudy Houston design firm Pen & Pixel. There’s Juvenile: propped up among the flames like Frankenstein’s monster. There are models pacing through a library. The “z” in Degreez has two vertical lines through it, as in “$.” But the album was a massive commercial success. It reached No. 9 on the Billboard 200—peaking in September 1999, almost a year after its release, due to the sustained strength of “Back That Azz Up”—and, in 2011, was certified quadruple platinum.

On a less quantifiable level, it helped Southern rap pierce the mainstream. It was the tip of the spear that preceded the region’s rule over the 2000s and 2010s. (Of course, that shine would be mostly reserved for Atlanta; even when Cash Money’s last, best hope finally made it, Lil Wayne fled his ravaged New Orleans for Miami.) JAY-Z , who was red hot following that year’s Vol 2: Hard Knock Life , tried to grapple with “Ha” on one of its two remixes, but despite being near his technical peak, he couldn’t find the right bounce to really sell his verse. In a way, that foreshadowed the next decade and a half for New York: trying to keep up with the South, but unable to match its first step.

But for Juve himself, things were never this good again. A few years later, he left Cash Money, claiming—as many artists have since—that Baby and Slim weren’t paying him anything near what he was owed. Both B.G. and Turk were sentenced to long terms in prison. Wayne, perhaps improbably, became the best rapper on the planet before realizing that he, too, was getting robbed. Mannie left the label. In 2005, Juve’s home was destroyed by Katrina; in 2008, his 4-year-old daughter and his daughter’s mother were murdered. Even his biggest commercial success was blackened by death: In 2004, a year before the hurricane, “ Slow Motion ” got Cash Money its first No. 1 hit in part because the song became a de facto tribute for Soulja Slim, who was murdered the day before Thanksgiving 2003 in the front yard of the house he bought for his mother.

Rap moves so fast that it can be difficult to pin down a new style’s influences beyond its most immediate predecessors. But what Juvenile and Mannie Fresh were doing in 1998 is part of the DNA for much of modern hip-hop, from the way Juve would bake melodies into his verses to the way Mannie blueprinted so much of our current sample-free production. 400 Degreez looms large over the genre, the way Juve’s sunglassed face lurks above the burning blocks on the album cover. It’s a strange, inimitable collage, full of fear and fire, unmistakably New Orleans and unrelentingly inventive.

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On the cusp of a Fourth of July weekend likely to leave many young Americans freshly panicked about student debt and other ills, let Juvenile lift your spirits instead.

The 48-year-old New Orleans rapper — an elder-millennial favorite for tracks like “Slow Motion” and “Back That Azz Up” — came through with the set of the summer for his Tiny Desk concert. Alongside legendary Cash Money producer Mannie Fresh, he enlisted a cracking live band and horn section for a 10-song set to remind fans of the deep jazz, R&B and soul roots of Southern rap.

Although scores of major stars have passed through the Tiny Desk studios (Usher spawned a meme ecosystem out his performance), Juvenile’s appearance on the NPR staple was largely ginned up by fan demand. Perhaps they relished the friction of seeing one of the Y2K era’s bawdiest rappers in such a genteel format. The rapper was initially skeptical back in April — “Wtf is a tiny desk 😂and no 😂😂” he wrote on Twitter — before relenting : “Ok ok 😂😂 All Things Considered, 10k retweets and I will RECONSIDER doing @NPR Tiny Desk while drinking an ice cold #JuvieJuice.”

Juvenile and Mannie Fresh overdelivered — they gave a whole new read on their catalog together, drawing out the steamy old-soul roots of their collaborations. For “Project B—,” the Cash Money Millionaires supergroup track, they brought out Grammy winners Jon Batiste and Trombone Shorty; for “Back That Azz Up,” a string section from the Louisiana Philharmonic joined in, while guest vocalists the Amours brought regal harmonies to “Rodeo.”

Rap fans in the crowd — NPR employees and, we suspect, some Cash Money ringers who knew every word — thrilled to “Bling Bling,” “400 Degreez” and the Hot Boys’ “I Need a Hot Girl,” while featured a young Juvenile in its music video.

Juvenile, with a mouth full of jewelry and a camo bandana, and a jubilant Mannie Fresh made the most of the chance to show off the intricacy and history behind these floor-filling party tracks. (Watch it below, but know the lyrics are often not safe for work.)

America has a lot to be stressed out about right now, but we can absolutely be proud of this set today.

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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - On New Year’s Eve, New Orleans rap legend Juvenile will look to the future with a big nod to his past.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of his third studio album “400 Degreez”, Juvenile is reuniting his “Tiny Desk Band” for a performance at the Saenger Theatre to ring in 2024.

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The 400 Degreez was released on November 3, 1998, on Universal Records and Bryan “Baby” Williams’ Cash Money Records. It is still Juvenile’s best-selling album of his solo career. The album was certified 4x platinum by the RIAA on December 19, 2000.

NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts is a video series of live concerts hosted by NPR music at the desk of All Songs Considered radio show host Bob Boilen. In the series, well-known bands perform with near acoustic or minimal stripped-down ensembles for intimate performances.

Last summer, Juvenile “went viral” when he threw his hat into the Tiny Desk ring and brought a New Orleans all-star band to Washington D.C. for a video that received critical acclaim.

Rather than traditional hip-hop samples, Juveniles songs were played by a live band and he brought out Mannie Fresh, Trombone Shorty, and Jon Batiste as his special guests.

For the New Year’s Eve show, Juvenile says that the only thing that will be different from the Tiny Desk performance is that the band will be more dynamic, featuring a full sound.

The performance hosted by Juvenile and Mannie Fresh will start at 9 p.m. on Dec. 31. Tickets can be purchased here .

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I’ve been very vocal about my love for the year 1998 –  I believe it’s one of the last great years in R&B and hip-hop history.  Since 2023 marks 25 years since those magical 12 months, 1998 Rewind will look back at some of the best (and most underrated) albums of that time.

25 years ago today, Southern hip-hop got a major shot in the arm. Juvenile’s debut album dropped, fueling the juggernaut known as Cash Money Records. Their dominance would kick open the door for the South’s dominance over mainstream rap, a stranglehold that remains today. My boy Troy Smith stops by to talk about Juve’s incredible impact on both the dance floor and the careers of his fellow Hot Boys.

Troy’s 400 Degreez song ranking

1. “Ha”

2. “Back That Azz Up”

3. “400 Degreez”

4. “Ha (Hot Boyz Remix)”

5. “Gone Ride With Me”

6. “Rich N****z”

7. “Flossin’ Season”

8. “Juvenile on Fire”

9. “Ghetto Children”

10. “Run for It”

11. “Welcome to tha Nolia”

12. “U.P.T.”

13. “Follow Me Now”

14. “Ha (Jay Z Remix)”

15. “Off Top”

Edd’s 400 Degreez song ranking

1. “Back That Azz Up”

2. “Ha”

3. “Follow Me Now”

4. “400 Degreez”

5. “Ghetto Children”

6. “Gone Ride With Me”

8. “Rich N****z”

9. “Ha (Hot Boyz Remix)”

10. “Juvenile on Fire”

11. “Ha (Jay Z Remix)”

12. “Welcome to tha Nolia”

13. “Run for It”

14. “Off Top”

15. “U.P.T.”

Share your first memories of hearing 400 Degreez.

Troy: It was a game-changer. I was never into the No Limit craze, but Cash Money hooked me. 400 Degreez f elt like the gateway into a whole new world. It started with seeing the “Ha” video, which led me to discover an aesthetic that was more forward-thinking than anything going on in New York at the time. Mannie Fresh’s production was simple but sounded like it was from the future. You could sense a cultural shift.

Edd: I have a lot of issues with hip-hop today, but here’s one thing that I appreciate: The Internet has essentially eliminated borders, and with that, erased a lot of the regional biases that plagued 90s hip-hop. My hometown homie Pusha T once called my state of Virginia “The Middle East”– close enough to be exposed to the East Coast sounds of northern rappers, but still grimy enough to embrace the Dirty South. That gave us more appreciation for both sounds.

Admittedly, I wasn’t a fan of Cash Money’s early records – the bars were too simplistic and all over the place, getting lost in the chaotic production. But when Juvenile dropped “Ha,” it felt different. His flow was unconventional, but structured. Like a New Orleans version of ODB, there was a method to his madness – an elite storyteller and MC who was true to his region but captivating with his creativity.

Of course my NY friends on campus turned their noses up at Juve (like they did nearly all Southern rappers) because he didn’t fit their boom bap mold. But that’s exactly why I DID like him. He was telling his story on his own terms. Though I was a fan of the singles, I didn’t hear 400 Degreez until long after he became CMB’s flagship artist, and I always regretted copping it in real time. It was a turning point for Southern hip-hop.

Talk about your pick for best song.

Troy: “Ha”

One of the best hip-hop records of all time. It doesn’t even sound from this world. It’s so bonkers that Jay-Z — at his commercial peak — couldn’t even figure it out how to properly rap over it on the remix.

Edd: “Back That Azz Up”

LOL, I feel you Troy. I wouldn’t say Jay was unable to rap on the beat – I thought he did OK – but you could definitely tell he was WAY outta his element. But as great as “Ha” is, there’s only one answer here – the track that has become as legendary at Black functions as the Electric Slide. I know many of y’all reading this might be sick n’ tired of Backin’ that Thang Up for 25 years, but there’s a reason why it’s endured. Mannie Fresh’s iconic production, Juve’s endless quotables (“youse a big, fine woman!”) and even Lil Wayne’s court-jester like outro have all become stables in Black culture. That’s just not hindsight talking – even in 1998, I thought this song was on another level.

What’s your pick for best video?

Troy: “Back That Azz Up”

What else needs to be said? It was a phenomenon that cemented Cash Money as a cultural force. There’s not much to it from a technical standpoint but there didn’t need to be. It established a vibe and a culture that changed hip-hop. People couldn’t get enough of it.

Edd: “Ha”

And now, we flip-flop. I gotta go with “Ha.” Juve essentially takes us on a tour of New Orleans’ Magnolia Projects, putting his home, his environment, his story, into our living rooms. It’s brilliant in its simplicity. Rapid-fire shots of families on the stoop, cops shaking down young men, dogs sitting on the roofs of cars (for some reason…) – this isn’t the ridiculous excess that was the Cash Money hallmark. This was Juve’s roots – a video as authentic and confrontational as the song it represents. I’d put it among one of the best videos of the 90s.

What’s the most underrated track?

Troy: “Rich N****z”

The energy is magnetic. It seemed like Mannie Fresh was trying to cram as many frenetic drums into the beat as possible. Turk and Lil Wayne threatening to steal the show. Wayne’s verse is really the first sign that he might be something special.

Edd: “Ghetto Children”

There are several underrated gems but “Ghetto Children” keeps me running back because Juve’s flow is CRAZY. Especially here:

Snitches I can’t have that B****es I can’t have that Riches you can have that Just bring me my cash back Look its all gravy with me go head and shine That’s how you play it with me ya big tyme All I want is the Gs With a trunk full of keys A Benz on twenties You got something you can lend me?

Now if you haven’t heard the song and you’re reading that for the first time, you’re probably not moved. If you just recite those lines verbatim, they’re nothing special. But the way Juve flips his cadence every few lines makes even the most straightforward bars insanely catchy. Hear it for yourself – it’s an artist at work.

Producer Mannie Fresh was a MONSTER in this era. What’s the best beat on the project?

“Ha” was one of those beats everyone wanted to freestyle over. It’s jaw-dropping right from the start and gets better as the song goes on with the final seconds leaving you wanting more. Had Mannie Fresh never produced anything else, he’d be legendary for this alone.

Mannie was, no pun intended, on fire in this era, and 400 Degreez boasts a plethora of top-shelf production. But nothing beats “Ha” because, well, NOTHING sounds like it before or since. We talked earlier about how hard it was for Jay Z to rap over this beat – yes, Jay Z, one of the greatest of ALL TIME could barely keep up. Fresh outdid himself and props for Juve for making it a classic.

The Hot Boys were all over this album. Who delivered the best feature?

Troy: Lil Wayne on “Back That Azz Up”

Lil Wayne doesn’t say much on the outro to “Back That Azz Up.” Yet, by the time he’s done, a star is born. There are better guest verses on 400 Degreez (See: B.G. on “Flossin’ Season”) but Wayne’s “Drop-drop it like it’s hot” moment” is the one you can’t get out of your head.

Edd: B.G. on “Flossin Season”

Troy, you almost got it right! Yeah, Wayne’s “wobbledy” moment lives in infamy today because it was the world’s introduction to the man who eventually would reshape hip-hop in his image. But besides that bit of trivia, the actual contribution is pretty dumb. “A Milli” it ain’t. Instead, I’ll show B.G. love for “Flossin Season.” You won’t find many B.G. songs on my playlist (well, other than “Bling Bling”) but he did a solid job here.

Talk about 400 Degreez’s meteoric role in the rise of Cash Money.

Troy: It was everything. It’s as important as any album is to the launch of a major record label in hip-hop history. 400 Degreez kicked off Cash Money’s deal with Universal in a stunning way both commercially and creatively. When Juvenile says, “Cash Money Records taking over for the ’99 & the 2000,” he was prophetic.

Edd: Can’t add much more than that. Cash Money went from regional heroes to national heavyweights off the strength of this album. B.G., the Big Tymers and of course Lil Wayne would all be thrust into the spotlight thanks to the path 400 Degreez blazed.

Would Cash Money have reached the same heights without 400 Degreez?

Troy: No, I don’t think so. While Lil Wayne would go on to be a bigger star than Juvenile, you could argue he maybe doesn’t have the opportunity to get to that point without his guest appearances on 400 Degreez . The album’s commercial success established Cash Money as a trendsetter and tastemaker. Mannie Fresh was in demand, Baby was a star and the Hot Boys were now a recognizable crew. Was B.G.’s next album going to do that? Was Lil Wayne’s The Block Is Hot ? Both were good albums but not nearly on the same level.  

Edd: This is an interesting question. My first instinct is to say “playa please, they’d all be back on the block if not for Juve” but the more I think about it, I’m not so sure. Mannie’s production prowess was just TOO good to remain a secret for long. And though it took a LONG time before Wayne would wind up in those Best Rapper Alive convos, his hunger was undeniable. Plus, never underestimate Baby’s ability to plot and scheme for that next big business deal. 400 Degreez was absolutely the catalyst for the rise of Cash Money Records – Juve was their best shot at mainstream appeal. But with both Mannie and Wayne developing as players in the coming years, maybe success was guaranteed after all. It would have taken much longer to get there, but CMB’s dominance could have been inevitable.

Is 400 Degreez a hip-hop classic?

Troy: Yes. From a quality standpoint, none of the tracks — save for the cringeworthy “Cash Money Concert” skits — are skippable. Even the few tracks you might argue are filler sound refreshing upon a relisten. From an impact standpoint, this is one of the essential hip-hop albums of the last 30 years and a landmark achievement for Southern rap. 400 Degreez holds its own in a year that also delivered Capital Punishment, Vol. 2 Hard Knock Life, Aquemini , It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot , Moment of Truth and several other great albums.

Edd: Y’all know how stingy I am with the “classic” label, and I’ve gotten in MANY arguments with Cash Money stans for denying this album the ultimate praise. But let’s break down what this album means for both Juvenile and hip-hop:

– Sold 6 million copies worldwide

– Is an incredible album, easily the best of this era of Cash Money releases

– Birthed two undeniably classic songs, including one song that become an indelible part of Black culture itself

– Made Juvenile a star, made Mannie Fresh one of the most in-demand producers in the game for the next decade and made Cash Money Records a major player

– Was an important cog in Southern rap’s takeover of hip-hop

– And arguably most importantly – was the launching pad for Lil Wayne, who in a decade would become the blueprint for rap artists AND hip-hop culture for the majority of the 2010s, and even today.

So let me formally apologize to all those playas I yelled at. From its quality to it legacy, 400 Degreez is an unquestionable classic.

When you think about it, Juvenile sold himself short – Cash Money didn’t just take over for the 9-9 and the 2000, 400 Degreez has been burning hot for 25 years and counting.

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Over two decades after its original release, Juvenile ’s seminal third studio album, 400 Degreez , is set to be given a deluxe reissue.

The album is the rapper’s best-selling record in his career to date and has been certified four times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

In celebration of 400 Degreez , which reinvented the hip-hop scene in 1998 and cemented Juvenile’s status as a pioneer of Southern rap, UMe will release a new deluxe edition of the record. A digital deluxe edition will arrive on March 29, followed by a 2LP color vinyl on April 26.

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Both editions will feature two new bonus tracks, titled “Party” and “We Be Blowing Money.” The rest of the tracklist, meanwhile, will include the album’s 18 original songs, from the Lil Wayne -featuring “Run For It,” to the Jay-Z remix of “Ha.”

Back in 1999, 400 Degreez peaked at No.2 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and No.9 on the Billboard 200. It featured the hit single “Back That Azz Up” – which continues to enjoy viral success to this day – and won R&B Album of the Year at the 1999 Billboard Music Awards.

The album was named one of Rolling Stone ’s 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time in 2020, while many critics and publications have praised Juvenile and 400 Degreez for their impact on hip-hop. “Imagining Wayne hitting the highest peaks of rap stardom a decade later without Juve’s influence is impossible,” Crack wrote in 2018. “Equally, it’s crazy to imagine rappers like T.I. and Young Jeezy swaggering out of the South in the new century without Juve’s path-finding explorations.”

Last year, Juvenile made his highly-anticipated debut appearance on NPR’s Tiny Desk series . The star used the performance to air some of his greatest hits across a 10-song set, including “Back That Azz Up,” “Set It Off,” “Rodeo,” and “Slow Motion.”

400 Degreez (Deluxe) tracklist:

1. Intro 2. Ha 3. Gone Ride With Me 4. Flossin’ Season 5. Ghetto Children 6. Follow Me Now 7. Cash Money Concert 8. Welcome 2 Tha Nokia 9. U.P.T. 10. Run For It 11. Ha – Remix Version (Hot Boys) 12. Rich N____z 13. Back That Azz Up 14. Off Top 15. After Cash Money Concert 16. 400 Degreez 17. Juvenile On Fire 18. Ha – Remix Version (Jay-Z) 19. Party (Bonus Track) 20. We Be Blowing Money (Bonus Track)

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Rappers from the labels Cash Money and Ruff Ryders, including platinum-sellers DMX, Juvenile and Eve, begin a 40-date, cross-country arena tour Thursday.

After the opener at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, N.Y., the tour continues through April 17, when the rappers wrap the outing in California at the San Diego Sports Arena.

Last year, Ruff Ryders and Cash Money emerged as the two hottest hip-hop labels in the industry, scoring nine top-10 albums on the Billboard 200 albums chart between them. Ruff Ryders released four #1 albums alone — DMX's Flesh of My Flesh — Blood of My Blood and ... And Then There Was X, Eve's Let There Be ... Eve — Ruff Ryders' First Lady and the compilation album Ruff Ryders: Ryde or Die Vol. 1.

Cash Money's top performers were Lil' Wayne, whose Tha Block Is Hot debuted at #3 in November, and Juvenile, with 400 Degreez (#9) and Tha G-Code (#10). The B.G. album Chopper City in the Ghetto (#9) and supergroup Hot Boys' Guerrilla Warfare (#5) also reached the top 10, at #9 and #5, respectively. The Hot Boys feature Juvenile, Lil' Wayne, B.G. and Young Turk.

The LOX, a Yonkers, N.Y., group signed to Ruff Ryders, also scored a top-10 album last month with We Are the Streets, which debuted at #5 and featured the single "Wild Out" ( RealAudio excerpt ).

"We going on there ... to boost up the units," LOX rapper Jadakiss said last month about the tour.

"You're every day out there in different towns and cities telling people to buy your album," added group member Sheek.

The tour is the latest in a string of arena outings featuring only rappers. Last spring, DMX, Jay-Z, Redman and Method Man toured as part of the Hard Knock Life Tour, which grossed more than $13 million. In the fall, Master P, Snoop Dogg and other rappers from No Limit Records also played arenas.

Ruff Ryders–Cash Money tour dates:

Feb. 24; Rochester, N.Y.; Blue Cross Arena

Feb. 25; Uniondale, N.Y.; Nassau Coliseum

Feb. 26; Auburn Hills, Mich.; Palace of Auburn Hills

Feb. 27; Rosemont, Ill.; Allstate Arena

Feb. 28; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Van Andel Arena

March 1; Dayton, Ohio; Ervin J. Nutter Center

March 2; Buffalo, N.Y.; Marine Midland Arena

March 3; Philadelphia, Pa.; First Union Center

March 5; Hartford, Conn.; Hartford Civic Center

March 7; Hampton, Va.; Hampton Coliseum

March 8; Albany, N.Y.; Pepsi Arena

March 9; Washington, D.C.; MCI Center

March 11; Nashville, Tenn.; Gaylord Entertainment Center

March 12; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mellon Arena

March 13; Milwaukee, Wis.; Bradley Center

March 15; Indianapolis, Ind.; Conseco Fieldhouse

March 16; Greensboro, N.C.; Greensboro Coliseum

March 17; Memphis, Tenn.; Pyramid

March 19; Uniondale, N.Y.; Nassau Coliseum

March 20; Greenville, S.C.; Bi-Lo Center

March 22; Houston, Texas; Compaq Center

March 23; San Antonio, Texas; Alamodome

March 24; New Orleans, La.; New Orleans Arena

March 25; Dallas, Texas; Starplex Amphitheatre

March 26; Kansas City, Mo.; Kemper Arena

March 27; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Myriad Convention Center

March 29; Minneapolis, Minn.; Target Center

March 30; St. Louis, Mo.; Kiel Center

March 31; Cleveland, Ohio; Gund Arena

April 1; Baltimore, Md.; Baltimore Arena

April 2; Boston, Mass.; FleetCenter

April 5; Louisville, Ky.; Freedom Hall

April 7; Miami, Fla.; American Airlines Arena

April 9; Atlanta, Ga.; Philips Arena

April 10; North Little Rock, Ark.; Alltel Arena

April 13; Seattle, Wash.; KeyArena at Seattle Center

April 14; Sacramento, Calif.; ARCO Arena

April 15; Irvine, Calif.; Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre

April 16; Phoenix, Ariz.; Blockbuster Desert Sky Pavilion

April 17; San Diego, Calif.; San Diego Sports Arena

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